'all caps' messing with spacing

Austin Stahl

I'm in the testing phase with a typeface I'm working on, and have run into a strange issue. Hoping someone here can help figure out what's going on!

In InDesign, I'm testing my case-sensitive punctuation by setting some words in all caps (manually, using the Shift key) along with some punctuation, and then toggling on/off the application's All Caps feature (the "TT" button). But when I do, the All Caps button seems to also loosen the spacing of the letters! It looks like a bit of tracking is being applied, but it isn't.

I've checked to make sure it's honoring my kerning values, and it is.

I can't think of any reason why this would happen. Any ideas?

Chris Lozos

Looks like there is a Capital Spacing OT Feature applied in your font.

Chris Lozos

Did you code in the feature when you designed the font?  Seems strange that it would just appear without your knowledge?

Craig Eliason

I think Glyphs automatically adds the cpsp feature. It can be removed if desired. https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/automatic-feature-cpsp/1854/11

Georg Seifert

I changed it that the capital spacing feature is not added automatically any more.

Austin Stahl

That's it — thanks guys. Glyphs added cpsp automatically. Very strange that that's the default! I'd much rather leave such things up to the user.

Austin Stahl

Georg: Good to know, thanks. I need to update!

Deleted Account

I think font apps should have a "Please don't do me any favors" button in the prefs.

Max Phillips

I think they should also have a "Please do me all the favors you're not doing for David Berlow" button.

Nick Shinn

I’ve put CPSP in a couple of my typefaces, but it does nothing for most of them, so not a good choice for a default, IMHO.